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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780413303321

Autore

Sparshott Francis Edward <1926-2015, >

Titolo

The future of aesthetics : the 1996 Ryle lectures / / Francis Sparshott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-282-03699-8

9786612036996

1-4426-8131-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Toronto Studies in Philosophy

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the 1996 Ryle lectures, delivered at Trent University, Peterborough, Ont., on Mar. 11-14, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Aesthetics and the future of philosophy -- Power of beauty -- Philosophy and the future of the university -- Map of knowledge -- University and the future of civilization -- Logic of criticism -- Civilization and the future of aesthetics.

Sommario/riassunto

"Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of the discipline in the broad social structures provided by universities and civilizations, and tackles many perennially interesting questions about education and the life of the mind."--Jacket.